Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 427: The Hun De Hou who almost burst into smoke

Hun Dehou was so angry that smoke seemed to be coming out of his head.

The slap never came.

After Daqian's army entered the imperial capital of Dai Viet, they did not carry out a large-scale massacre. Except for those who put up serious resistance, the strength of each family was basically still there. It seemed that Daqian had no intention of killing these people. Whether he, Marquis Hun De, could survive for a long time depended on these old ministers.

If the emperor of Daqian really wanted to kill me one day, those ministers would still be of some use, especially the Xie family, the mother's family of me, the queen. The head of the Xie family was the leader of the literary world of Dai Viet.

Seeing that Marquis Hun De didn't dare to take action, Marquis Hun De's wife simply sneered and didn't give Marquis Hun De any face at all.

Lady Hun De Hou was very frustrated when she was the queen. As a queen, she was always troubled by a concubine and the emperor also sided with the favorite concubine. However, Lady Hun De Hou had to endure it for the sake of her family.

The Xie family has such a good reputation in the literary world that some Confucian scholars would rather listen to the Xie family than to the emperor. Marquis Hun De has long wanted to deal with the Xie family, but he just had no excuse. Now he finally doesn't have to endure it anymore.

When Marquis Hun De heard the sneer from his wife, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

Seeing that Marquis Hun De endured it, Marquis Hun De's wife felt even more disdainful. This bastard only dared to act arrogantly at home and would not say a word when facing outsiders.

She felt very depressed as the queen, but now that she has become the wife of Marquis Hun De, she feels more comfortable.

The wife of Hun Dehou bypassed Hun Dehou, took Princess Lingyue's hand, and took off a jade bracelet from her wrist: "Sister Lingyue, I don't have many good things on me now. This bracelet was my dowry back then. I will give it to you. I wish you a happy marriage."

Princess Lingyue stood up and held the jade bracelet in her hand with a smile: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Seeing the two of them fighting, Hun De Hou said: "Hmph!"

Mrs. Hun De Hou rolled her eyes and continued talking to Princess Lingyue. She was not in a clear mind. Lingyue was their biggest backer now. Instead of trying to curry favor with her, she was offending people here.

"Gao Yuehua! As a princess supported by a country, you married the man who destroyed Dai Viet. Aren't you worried that you will be cursed by the entire Dai Viet in the future?" Marquis Hun De also wanted to deal a psychological blow to Princess Lingyue.

Gao Yuehua, who was talking to the wife of Marquis Hun De, turned and looked at Marquis Hun De.

What do you say about that look?

It's like watching a fool.

Hun Dehou almost jumped up when he was looked at with such eyes.

But before Hun De Hou jumped up and down, Princess Ling Yue said slowly: "Brother, as an emperor, you only listen to the flattery of those officials, right? When those officials say that the world is peaceful, you really think that the world is peaceful."

"You don't know the voices of the common people at all. The common people are eager to join Daqian as soon as possible, because joining Daqian means that they can grow high-yield crops, no longer have to starve, and can openly use the secret recipes in Tianji Pavilion."

"The most important thing is that corruption among officials in Daqian is not as serious as in our Dayue. The money earned by the people can fall into their own hands instead of being plundered."

“No one would scold me except those in office.”

This was the first time that Hun Dehou had heard such words. In his mind, the whole country of Da Yue was at peace, with only generals who commanded their own troops and the Xie family who controlled the literary world.

If he can get rid of these two families, he can remain emperor for a long time.

However, Hun Dehou refused to believe this true situation.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Although he spoke very loudly, Hun Dehou sat down on the chair behind him, muttering the word "impossible".

The wife of Hun De Hou rolled her eyes again. Everyone knew about the problems of Dai Viet except the emperor. How could Hun De Hou, the emperor...

If Daqian had not allowed her, the wife of Marquis Hun De, to divorce Marquis Hun De, she would have kicked Marquis Hun De out long ago.

Almost all the officials attended the wedding of Princess Lingyue and Xie Chengwu, and Marquis Hun De and his wife were also called to go to Xie Chengwu's house together.

Of course not voluntary.

Hun Dehou and his wife sat on chairs at the banquet, looking at each other with their eyes fixed on the outside and their hearts in the face of all kinds of scrutiny, but they remained as still as a mountain, like a clay Buddha.

He even turned a deaf ear to the discussions around him.

"Are these the Emperor and Empress of Dai Viet? Without the dragon robes, they would look like ordinary people."

"Not only ordinary people, but even our Daqian officials are not as good as them."

"In the history books, emperors and empresses died for their country, but how come this couple..."

"They are afraid of death! I heard that when the couple heard that the enemy was attacking, their first reaction was to run away. The officials in the court who shouted that they would fight to the death with Daqian were killed. The officials who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country were killed, and only a group of flatterers were left. This country will perish even faster."

"I heard that a prince took ten carts with him when he fled. The carts were all filled with gold. You know how heavy gold is. As soon as they left the city gate, the carts got stuck in the mud. The prince had no choice but to abandon the gold and run away. In the end, all the gold became cheap goods for the people of the capital."

"Your Majesty is not a bloodthirsty person. This time, except for a few people who committed suicide, the rest of the Dai Viet royal family survived. I don't know what your Majesty is thinking. Aren't you afraid that these people will want to restore their country again?"

"That can't be possible. What kind of life are we living in Daqian now? I believe that as long as the people of Dayue are not blind, they would be willing to live like this."

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The entire banquet was filled with discussions of all kinds, and no one even cared to pay attention to the protagonist of today's wedding.

Some members of the royal family who were planning to humiliate Princess Lingyue at the wedding no longer cared about it.

They were almost unable to raise their heads due to all the discussions, let alone humiliating Princess Lingyue.

However, it had not been long since these people had fallen from the imperial nobility to the inferior people of a fallen nation, and finally someone could no longer bear it.

"Bang! Crash..."

A table was overturned.

"This is too much! This is too much!!!"

An old man stood in front of the table, gasping for breath, as if he had been insulted.

"How dare you insult the ruler of a country like this!"

Xu Jinyu was eating happily when she was startled by the noise.

"Who is this?"

"I heard that this old man was the iron-hat prince of Dai Viet, but now he is just an ordinary person. He has been reckless all his life, doing whatever he wants. Now he is old, and the country is ruined."

"I guess he can't stand the current treatment and vented his anger." Princess Tianhua said without raising her head.

[But when did we insult the emperor of Dai Viet? That king of a fallen country never had to worry about food and drink.] Xu Jinyu muttered in his heart.

"When has your Dai Viet's Hun De Hou been humiliated?" The Minister of Rites stood up.

No one can tolerate a person from a fallen country acting so recklessly on Daqian's territory.

"As the king of a country, he is forced to pay respect to his own sister. Isn't this an insult?" the old prince shouted at the top of his voice.

Minister of Rites: "Oh~~ your so-called sister is now the princess of Daqian. Isn't it normal for a marquis to pay respect to a princess?"

"Or is it that Master Gao is dissatisfied with the treatment you have received from Marquis Hun De?"

"Of course I'm dissatisfied!" The old prince blurted out as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Oh~~~Does the old prince want the whole clan to live in the imperial prison, or does he want to send you all on your way directly?"

The Minister of Rites gave the old prince two other options.

[Hmm! The Minister of Rites is a cultured man, too gentle. He should let Hun De Hou and his wife herd sheep and cattle, or learn from the grassland people and let Hun De Hou surrender with his chest exposed.]

The Minister of Rites couldn't help but smile and nodded, which means that Daqian was still very polite to the royal family of Dai Viet.

[If all else fails, you can also stuff Hun De Hou into the harem. There are precedents for this as well.]

The Minister of Rites’ eyes widened: This is not allowed, there is no precedent!

That lesson from the past was not from Daqian!